Tchaikovsky's Dance Arab aka Coffee from The Nutcracker. It makes me think of minarets and moukarnis, ladies in veils, and all that romantic exotica which was once associated with Arabia... the delicacy, the midnight blue, and the perfumed dreams of half-mooned rooftops stays well-preserved in the mind. The recording is too low and not good but it's correct and that's enough.

(SO very jason_els!)

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There is Trinity in the Politics forum: Obama sealing documents and playing the legal game only postpones the verification of his eligibility!

On some level I do hate these LPSG threads, jason, and I wonder why 3 guys as bright and creative as Nick8 and jason_els and myself slum precious time and waste away here.

But, that snippet of prose from your "Nutcracker" post, jason... I truly love when you fling your passion and your knowledge together like this. I was not mocking you in the least with that. You do this frequently. You've done it in the medieval and renaissance art threads, too (you did it with your Chartres comment: "Chartres is irreplaceable and it isn't because it couldn't be rebuilt, it's because the method used to create the glass is lost. We can't make the windows even if we wanted to. It's been tried, but so far nobody's succeeded") -- and I suddenly I don't feel like I'm wasting time here anymore.

And, Nick8, I love your ability to sum up a thread or comment in a line or two of pithy retort. And you generally do it without meanness, and with a certain grace (yes, I believe I've driven the cheese remark into the ground. I will move on!) .

On some level I do hate these LPSG threads, jason, and I wonder why 3 guys as bright and creative as Nick8 and jason_els and myself slum precious time and waste away here.

But, that snippet of prose from your "Nutcracker" post, jason... I truly love when you fling your passion and your knowledge together like this. I was not mocking you in the least with that. You do this frequently. You've done it in the medieval and renaissance art threads, too (you did it with your Chartres comment: "Chartres is irreplaceable and it isn't because it couldn't be rebuilt, it's because the method used to create the glass is lost. We can't make the windows even if we wanted to. It's been tried, but so far nobody's succeeded") -- and I suddenly I don't feel like I'm wasting time here anymore.

And, Nick8, I love your ability to sum up a thread or comment in a line or two of pithy retort. And you generally do it without meanness, and with a certain grace (yes, I believe I've driven the cheese remark into the ground. I will move on!) .

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I know you weren't mocking me. I'm cool with you. Thanks for the compliment. I enjoy your posts as well.

I'm sorry. I went a bit overboard with this busy, meandering thread.
And, Nick8, I love your ability to sum up a thread or comment in a line or two of pithy retort. And you generally do it without meanness, and with a certain grace (yes, I believe I've driven the cheese remark into the ground. I will move on!) .

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You did, indeed. And I will take the compliment. It means a lot coming from you.